Archive for the 'Geniuses' Category

The word for today, boys and girls: “Nigga”

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

The teacher’s defense of his actions leave me speechless.
Teacher suspended for using racial epithet

Mail Call: The “WTF?” edition

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

I received an unsolicited book in the mail today. National Sunday Law is apparently a Seventh Day Adventist publication. I read online that others have received it too, so I don’t feel chosen or anything. The Amazon reviews are interesting.
Don’t these folks know that organized religion all by its lonesome gets people’s […]

Posted without comment

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

The Reason Detroit Taxpayers Should Revolt

Whatever happened to arsenic and old lace?

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

The gender and age of the defendants shouldn’t matter.  What they are accused of doing–and appear to have actually done–is despicable.  And […]

Detroit…Destination: Hell. Mode of Transportation: Handbasket

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Yes, that would be U.S. Congressman John Conyers’ wife.
UPDATE: But it doesn’t look like the good citizens of Motown are going to take Kwame’s shenanigans lying down.

Various and sundry

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

1. It’s been weird not to post here daily, but so many other things have been going on that blogging feels like an indulgence. That said, I am ever-thankful to capital-B Bloggers who hold it down daily, cut through the bs, and help keep me informed. (Thanks, Tami!)
2. Parenting is really […]

Were any “white girls” harmed during the making of this joke?

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

This is the 2nd year that they’ve done this (that I’m aware of). APT is actually my favorite dance spot in NYC–not-trendy, more of a house party feel than a club feel. But alas…

So glad they clarified that I too could bring a white girl of my choice and reap the savings. […]

Altogether now, boys and girls: P-E-R-J-U-R-Y, perjury.

Friday, January 25th, 2008

I said it when Marion Jones was sentenced. I said it when Mary J. Blige, Timbaland, Wyclef, Tyler Perry, and 5 Cents [no typo] were name-dropped as part of a steroid investigation.I said it yesterday when news surfaced that Detroit’s Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff lied under oath,saying they did not […]

My sentiments exactly, little girl.

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

I’m loving the side eye here:

“US President George W. Bush (C) leans over to talk with a girl (R) after Bush participated in a lesson for young children on the importance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day during a tour of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, 21 January 2008. By […]